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Lennie Briscoe was voted the 30th-greatest television show character of all time by Bravo TV. [ 46 ] Lennie Briscoe was Law & Order ' s third-greatest detective on the Hallmark Channel poll in 2010, beaten only by Special Victims Unit ' s Detective Olivia Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ), who came in second, and Criminal Intent ' s Detective Robert ...
The longest serving main cast members of the original series include Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy (1994–2010 & 2022–2024).
Curtis also tells Van Buren that Deborah died at home in his arms and revealed that he had called his old partner, Lennie Briscoe, just before he died, and Lennie had still been his old wise-cracking self. By the end of the episode, Lt. Van Buren is doubtful of her own survival.
NYPD police officer Rick Newhouse is killed when he is caught alone in a crossfire trying to break up a drug deal. Two units fail to arrive in time to back him up despite his repeated calls. Detectives Lennie Briscoe and Mike Logan quickly arrest a suspect, Lucio Martinez. In his statement, Martinez claims that a police car was parked just ...
In May 2004, it was announced that Dennis Farina would be replacing Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe) as Detective Joe Fontana. Having moved over to the third Law & Order spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury , Orbach only filmed two episodes of the series before his death in December 2004 Season 14 was released on DVD, September 14, 2004 ...
A 2004 retrospective on the Lennie Briscoe character, aired after Orbach's death earlier that year, noted that some fans "were never able to move beyond Chris Noth's Mike Logan as Briscoe's partner", and that in adjusting to having Briscoe as his new partner, "Logan was even more gruff than Briscoe". [29]
The series follows Bureau Chief Tracey Kibre (Bebe Neuwirth), an Executive Assistant District Attorney assigned to Manhattan's homicide division.Kibre's team, including District Attorney Investigator Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Assistant District Attorney Kelly Gaffney (Amy Carlson), follows up on leads and interview witnesses, as well as participating in trials, during which both sides ...
Waterston's performance as McCoy on the New York–based series was so popular that it resulted in him being declared a "Living Landmark" by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, along with fellow longtime series cast member Jerry Orbach (who portrayed the popular police detective Lennie Briscoe for almost 12 years). [1] [2] [3]